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The Washington Post's Kevin Blackistone, Bleacher Report's Natalie Weiner and former NFL player Nate Jackson join NPR's Michel Martin to discuss football as the NFL playoffs get underway.

What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this sort of "disease tolerance" in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic human infections.

Ed Stack is a gun owner who was a longtime Republican donor. A year after Dick's Sporting Goods became an unlikely corporate face of gun control, it sees the fallout from its policy and lobbying.

Deep brain stimulation offers relief from some neurological problems and is being tested for mood disorders. But the treatment — an implant in the brain — raises ethical questions.

Years before he got diagnosed with Parkinson's, Joy Milne noticed her husband's characteristic scent had changed. The discovery that she could smell his illness has opened up a new field of research.

Natural disasters are already deadly for the elderly and people with disabilities. During the pandemic, advocates say disaster preparation has fallen short in meeting the needs of the most at risk.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Asma Khalid and Faiz Shakir, who manages Sen. Bernie Sanders Democratic presidential campaign, about the primary — where voting in some areas began at midnight.

New national reports out today by the Learning Policy Institute look at the widening teacher shortage problem — and offer solutions.

A recent movie produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine group tries to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice movement and renewed interest in the history of medical racism.

A person of interest has been identified in the New York City subway shooting. Russian forces take aim at the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. And after repeated setbacks, Russia is regrouping.